Bottle-cap



F. V. PHlLLIPS.

BOTTLE CAP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 81 i919.

j 1 ,344,5 1 6, Patented June 22, 1920.

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.FRED V. PHILLIPS, OF ROME, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-NALE TO GEORGE RANDALL COQSWELL, 0F ROME, NEW YORK. .v

` BOTTLE-CAP.

speciation ofnetters Patent. 'Patented June 22,1920.

ApplicationA 1ed March 8, 1919. Serial No. 281,333.

To all whom 'it may concern? Be it known that I, FRED V. Pninmrs, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of` New York, haveinvented new anduseful Improvements in BottlefCa'ps, of whlch the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to vprovlde a`destructible cap for milk bottles which 1s provided with a pouring opening or perforation, so that, in the event, it is not ldesired to empty the bottle which the Acap closes, the contents thereof may be removed in speciiedquantities as desired. To this i end the cap is formed with la flap which carries a plug or.stopper designed to close the perforation or hole and this flap is used as a supplemental lcover unless the contents of the bottle is removed at once, when the whole cap m'ay be lifted out ofthe mouth of the bottle and destroyed or thrown away.

A further object of the invention is -to provide a device of the character mentioned'V which is simple in construction, durable and eifective in operation and 'inexpensive to manufacture. y

As illustrated and described, a specific embodiment of the invention is adhered to,v

\but to this embodiment it is not to be re- '30 stricted. The right is reserved to make such changes or alterations as the actual reduction. to practice may suggest, in so far as such changes or alterations are compatible 1n spirit with the annexed. claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1. 's a perspective view of the improved cap showing the supplemental cap or`closure flap raised.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional `view through the mouth of a bottle to which l the cap is attached. Y

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, this view showing a slight modification of the invention. Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fig.

l but showing a modified form of cap.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is shown as comprising a disk v1, made preftral hole or perforation 5 and theflap 3 is `ment by the fingers,

' stance.

depressed to provide a plugor stopper portion 6 whichsnugly enters the hole 5 when the iiap lies down against the lower layer 4.l

a position where the stopper portion 6 will eifectively close the hole. The free end of vthe iap terminates in a tongue 7 for engagethetongue being bent back in such a way as to permit the outer end of the flan engaging in the recess of the neck 9 of a bottle, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In the use of the improved cap, it is preferably coated with para'in on the under face of the lower layer 2 and on the plug or stopper portion 4, the flap 3 being normally folded down so that the Stopper portion en gages in and closes the hole 5. The tongue 7 is folded upwardly to provide a finger grip. When the bottle is filled with milk or with any other desired contents, the improved cap is forced in place on the mouth 9 with its periphery engaging in the recess 8. In the event that some but `not allrof the contents of the bottle are to be emptied therefrom, the tongue 7 is engaged between the lingers, when the Hap 3 may Vbegraifsed, thus freeing the hole or perforation 4, when the contents of the bottle vmay be poured therethrough, it being unnecessary in such operation to completely remove the cap. When'the desired amount of contents has been removed in this manner, theflap 3 may be forced downward to-"engage the stopper portion 6 into'the lhole 5, when the bottle becomes as effectively closed as it was by the attachment of the cap in the Erstin- Thus it will be observed that the contents of a bottle maybe removed in such quantities and at such timesas desired, the providing means for effectively closing the bottle as long as any of its contents remain. Of course, if all the contents of thebottle are to removed at once, the whole capV may be drawn out of the mouth of the bottle and thrown away or l destroyed.

In Figs. 3 1and4 there is shown a modifi cation of the invention, this modification constituting the replacement of the tongue 7 With a notch A10 formed in the upper layer 2. The flap is made shorter than that which carries thel tongue and in order to raise the Hap, the thumb or finger nail is placed in the notch when it may engage the end 'of the flap.

and the latter be raised for opening the hole 5 for the purpose hereinbefore described. s f

It will be observed that the swinging or hinged connection of the flap 3 with its layer is set back from the edge of the hole or perforation 5. This enables the stopper or depressed portion 6 of the flap to be formed so as to engage the hole or perforation throughout the periphery of the latter.v

The A invention lhaving been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

A destructible bottle cap comprising a.

duality of layers secured together, the bottom layer being formed with a perforation and the upperv layer having a flap' swingingly connected to the layer at a point back from the' edge of the perforation, the Hap being joined to its layer by the fibers thereof and being provided With an integral circular depressed portion which enters and engages the edge ofthe perforation throughout the periphery of the latter. v 4

In testimony whereof -I affix my signature.

FRED V. PHILLIPS. 

